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Deals: 24GB M5 MacBook Air drops again to new all-time low, M5 MacBook Pro, Apple Watch Ultra 3 up to $190 off, more

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by Amazon dropping this 24GB 13-inch M5 MacBook Air with 1TB SSD to a new all-time low alongside this 24GB/1TB M5 MacBook Pro at $200 under the launch price, and the 15-inch 16GB M4 MacBook Air down at $949 (selling out quick). We also spotted a chance to land Apple Watch Ultra 3 at up to $190 off the new list prices and Apple’s new 2026 Studio Display XDR with VESA mount hitting a new all-time low at $100 off. Head below for even more deals on Sony’s 2026 earbuds, Apple Pencil, charging gear, and more.

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Apple Business Essentials goes free as Apple merges enterprise tools into Apple Business

Apple Business

Today, Apple announced a massive shift in how it approaches the enterprise market. On April 14, Apple will merge all of its business and enterprise tools under a single, unified platform simply called Apple Business. The biggest news in this announcement is that the built-in mobile device management features (previously a paid subscription under Apple Business Essentials) will be completely free for organizations in over 200 countries.

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Apple takes aim at Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 with new hosted business email

For over a decade, the enterprise email and calendar market has been a two-horse race between Microsoft and Google. If you started a new company, you bought your domain and immediately signed up for either Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. With the launch of the new Apple Business platform, Apple is officially throwing its hat into the ring to challenge Google and Microsoft with a free business email service.

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Ads are coming to Apple Maps in the US and Canada this summer with a privacy-centric focus

Apple Maps ads

Coming this summer to the US and Canada, Apple is officially bringing ads to Apple Maps. As part of the broader rollout of the new Apple Business platform, the company announced today that businesses in the US and Canada will be able to place local ads within the Maps app while gaining new tools to measure analytics and manage their brand presence across the Apple ecosystem.

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Apple TV renews space drama For All Mankind for sixth and final season

Apple TV today announced that it is renewing its acclaimed space drama For All Mankind for a sixth season, which will be the show’s series finale. For All Mankind was one of the debut shows when Apple TV(+) launched back in November 2019.

The six season run will allow the creators to finish up all of the show’s storylines as originally planned, making it one of the few modern sci-fi streaming series to be allowed to end on its own terms, rather than a premature cancellation.

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MacBook Pro Diary: The Rolling Square Supertiny is the perfect ‘just in case’ charger

The Rolling Square Supertiny shown left in folded form, and right in a power socket

Apple Silicon Macs offer truly excellent battery life compared to their Intel predecessors, but there are still times when you need to plug in to power.

If I know in advance I’m going to need mains power, then the Chargeasap Zeus is the power brick I normally carry with me. When I expect to be able to work solely on battery but have the MacBook equivalent of range anxiety, I’ve found the Rolling Square Super Tiny to be the perfect solution …

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